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Our webinar was on 5 February 2021

We were delighted to see all of you who attended.

Academic Filmmaking: Modalities, Experiment and Decolonisation

Practice research (or practice-led research) has become a lively area of Film Studies, with exciting methodologies of video essay-making, participatory filmmaking and curation emerging over the last few years.

In our last event we discussed new developments in academic filmmaking and showcased the films made with or by researchers at the University of Leeds, Aarhus University, Birkbeck University of London and SOAS University of London.

The film screenings and presentations were guided by several questions, including:

  • How can we use participatory arts methodologies to amplify others' (and "others'") voices?
  • What does it mean to decolonise filmmaking and film curation?
  • What place is there for experimental, or deformative, approaches to filmmaking in academic practice and film criticism?
  • What's next for academic filmmaking?

Watch recordings of the event

The event was held as a Zoom webinar and streamed live on the Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures social media platforms. Whether you missed the event, or simply want to revisit the presentations, you are welcome to watch our recordings of the speakers' presentations and read our event report. You can also watch the speakers' films where they have been made available.

This event is organised by Rachel Johnson and Alan O'Leary, with the generous support of the Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures at Leeds and the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies.